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postbulbar

postbulbar adjective: distal to the duodenal bulb.

Adjective

postbulbar (not comparable)

  1. distal to the duodenal bulb
    • Duodenal GISTs mostly originate from postbulbar duodenal segments [21 ], which can be different from duodenal adenocarcinomas as the latter mostly arise from duodenal bulbs and appear as annular lesions at the site of the periampullary [7 ].2015 December 9, “Small Bowel Stromal Tumors: Different Clinicopathologic and Computed Tomography Features in Various Anatomic Sites”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of postbulbar

From post- + bulbar.

Questions about postbulbar

What does postbulbar mean?
Postbulbar means distal to the duodenal bulb.
What part of speech is postbulbar?
Postbulbar is an adjective.

Words near postbulbar in the dictionary

  1. postbronchoscopic
  2. postbubble
  3. postbuccal
  4. postbuckling
  5. postbuild
  6. postbulbar
  7. postbureaucratic
  8. postburn
  9. postbursal
  10. postburst
  11. postbus

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